Blog Posts in January, 2014
Posted on Jan 27, 2014 By
NFL PLAYER SENTENCING CIRCUS Alright, it’s the week of the Super Bowl so let’s celebrate the pageantry behind the game by juxtaposing the crimes committed by two NFL players and the ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2014 By
OHIO’S PRISON POPULATION The Buckeye State is distinguishing itself again; this time, not by losing high profile football and basketball games. Instead, we’re choosing to separate ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2014 By
FIRST CIRCUIT AUTHORIZES SURGERY SO INMATE ROBERT CAN BECOME INMATE MICHELLE Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision that a ...
Continue reading "Tax Dollars Pay for Sex Change for Inmate - Really?" »
Posted on Jan 21, 2014 By
COME ON JUDGE, GIVE A FELLOW JURIST A BREAK! Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway was convicted of bank fraud in connection with the short sale of her Michigan home and was sentenced ...
Continue reading "Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Convicted of Bank Fraud off to Camp Cupcake" »
Posted on Jan 16, 2014 By
FALSIFYING PRESCRIPTIONS TO CARRY OUT THE DEATH PENALTY After European-based drug manufacturers banned the United States from using their drugs to carry out executions, states have been trying ...
Continue reading "Falsifying Prescriptions & Mixing Up Drug Cocktails for Lethal Injection" »
Posted on Jan 15, 2014 By
IMPRISONED FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT “Seeing the light come out and the sun come up, it’s pretty incredible.” Those were some of the first words Ryan Ferguson ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2014 By
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has developed a program in which their mission is to promote the safety of women and families, all while increasing the ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2014 By
BANK ROBBERY CHARGES DISMISSED!! In July 2010, Dennis Grigsby was charged with three counts of unarmed bank robbery in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and attorney, ...
Continue reading "Steven Nolder Criminal Defense Case - Bank Robbery Charges Dismissed" »
Posted on Jan 10, 2014 By
DOPE GUIDELINES TO BE REDUCED??? On January 9, 2014, the United States Sentencing Commission published proposed guideline amendments, including possible reductions to the base offense levels for ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2014 By
The 2014 Stockholm Prize in Criminology was recently presented to two National Institute of Justice grantees, Daniel S. Nagin and Joan Petersilia. The award is an international prize that recognizes ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2014 By
EAT THE LOAF! If you’ve ever been bored out of your gourd on the weekend and watched a Martha Stewart cooking show, one thing I can assure you is that you’ve never seen Martha (whose ...
Continue reading "Lawyers & Inmates Argue Food Loaf Is Cruel & Unusual Punishment" »
Posted on Jan 6, 2014 By
COLUMBUS RAPE AND KIDNAPPING DEFENDANT IS ON HIS 5TH ATTORNEY IN 16 MONTHS Shauntae Woods was charged with multiple rapes and kidnapping at gun point in a hotel in northern Columbus. After allegedly ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2014 By
Criminal Defense Attorney take on Antiquated Incarceration Approach It’s hardly ground-breaking to assert that the United States is a nation programmed to send people to prison, particularly ...
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Posted on Jan 2, 2014 By Joseph E Scott
A controversial group that calls itself Law Enforcement against Prohibition (LEAP) has sought to decriminalize drugs in the United States since 2002. This organization believes that drug use should be ...
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